Keynote address from Angela K. Wilson, who discusses four lessons she learned while doing undergraduate research.

Article on kinetic studies of the reaction NH2 + H2S.

This article presents a simple, inexpensive, and efficient chemical method of synthesizing nickel and nickel hydroxide powders with nanometer-sized particles.

Article commenting on a previously published article, "Study of molecular interaction in binary liquid mixtures of ethyl acetoacetate with chloroform and dimethylsulphoxide using excess acoustic parameters and spectroscopic methods."

Patent relating to controlled deposition of metal and metal cluster ions by surface field patterning in soft-landing devices.

This document includes supplemental material to an article titled "Thermochemical Investigations of Solute Transfer into Ionic Liquid Solvents: Updated Abraham Model Equation Coefficients for Solute Activity Coefficient and Partition Coefficient Predictions," published in Physics and Chemistry of Liquids.

Article on thermochemical investigations of solute transfer into ionic liquid solvents and updated Abraham model equation coefficients for solute activity coefficient and partition coefficient predictions.

Article commenting on "Role of Anions (tetrafluoroborate, perchlorate) of tetrabutylammonium salts in determining solvation effects prevailing in industrially essential solvents probed by conductance and FT-IR spectra.

Patent relating to graphene formation on dielectrics and electronic devices formed therefrom.

This paper investigates the synthesis of Ag NCs in Si(100) substrate by implanting multiple energies and fluences of Ag ions and subsequent thermal annealing.

This article reports the synthesis, characterization, and solution dynamics of the novel nickel(II) complexes (dimethylbis(2-pyridyl)borate)(triphenylphosphine)nickel(II) chloride (4) and (dimethylbis(2-pyridyl)borate)nickel(II) acetylacetonate (6).

Article on the solubility of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in neat organic solvents and organic solvent mixtures.

Article offering commentary on the article titled "Study of assorted interactions of an ionic liquid in significant solvent systems using compensated equation of fuoss conductance and vibrational mode."

Our country continues to demand clean renewable energy to meet the growing energy needs of our time. Thus, natural gas, which is 87% by volume of methane, has become a hot topic of discussion because it is a clean burning fuel. However, the transportation of methane is not easy because it is a gas at standard temperature and pressure. The usage of transition metals for the conversion of small organic species like methane into a liquid has been a longstanding practice in stoichiometric chemistry. Nonetheless, the current two-step process takes place at a high temperature and pressure for the conversion of methane and steam to methanol via CO + H2 (syngas). The direct oxidation of methane (CH4) into methanol (CH3OH) via homogeneous catalysis is of interest if the system can operate at standard pressure and a temperature less than 250 C. Methane is an inert gas due to the high C-H bond dissociation energy (BDE) of 105 kcal/mol. This dissertation discusses a series of computational investigations of oxy-insertion pathways to understand the essential chemistry behind the functionalization of methane via the use of homogeneous transition metal catalysis. The methane to methanol (MTM) catalytic cycle is made up of two key …

Polymeric nanoparticles were designed, synthesized, and loaded with metal ions to explore the therapeutic potential for transition metals other than platinum found in cisplatin. Nanoparticles were synthesized to show the potential for polymer based vectors. Metal loading and release were characterized via Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP MS), Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDX), X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), and Elemental Analysis. Targeting was attempted with the expectation of observed increased particle uptake by cancer cells with flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy. Results demonstrated that a variety of metals could be loaded to the nano-sized carriers in an aqueous environment, and that the release was pH-dependent. Expected increased targeting was inconsistent. The toxicity of these particles was measured in cancer cells where significant toxicity was observed in vitro via dosing of high copper-loaded nanoparticles and slight toxicity was observed in ruthenium-loaded nanoparticles. No significant toxicity was observed in cells dosed with metal-free nanoparticles. Future research will focus on ruthenium loaded polymeric nanoparticles with different targeting ligands dosed to different cell lines for the aim of increased uptake and decreased cancer cell viability.

Patent relating to fluorinated metal-organic frameworks for hydrocarbon storage.

Article discussing infinite dilution activity coefficients of solutes dissolved in two trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium ionic liquids.

Undergraduate thesis on the emission of atmospheric pollutants. The pollutants focused on are NO and NO₂. The author discusses the influence of sulfur on NO emission using computational chemistry.

Article discussing the solubility of quercetin. The authors have applied a methodology based on linear free energy equations for water-solvent and gas-solvent partitions to study solubilities.

This article discusses 5-cyano-1,3-phenylene diacetate.

Supplementary data accompanying an article on thermochemical properties of 4-N,N-dialkylamino-7-nitrobenzofurazan derivatives (alkyl = methyl, ethyl).

Article discussing the thermochemical properties of 4-N,N-dialkylamino-7-nitrobenzofurazan derivatives (alkyl = methyl, ethyl).

Article on solubility determination of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane in water + methanol mixtures at various temperatures using a laser monitoring technique.

Article describing Axel Fredrik Cronstedt and his discovery of nickel. Information regarding pertinent locations is included.